Arch Ward Award

The Arch Ward Award is presented annually to a CoSIDA member who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of college sports information, and who by his or her activities, has brought dignity and prestige to the profession. Ward was sports editor of the Chicago Tribune from 1930 until he died in 1955.

He is credited with inventing the concept of an all-star contest. All-star games began in 1933 with the first baseball all-star game. The following year, Ward initiated the College All-Star football game.









Arch Ward Award Recipients

2011   Justin Doherty (Wisconsin)
2010   Al Shrier (Temple)
2009   William "Bill" Hamilton (South Carolina State)
2008   Debby Jennings (Tennessee)
2007   John Paquette (Big East Conference)
2006   Bud Ford (Tennessee)
2005   Ed Carpenter (Boston University)
2004   Claude Felton (Georgia)
2003   Jim Wright (NCAA)
2002   Hal Cowan (Oregon State)
2001   Langston Rogers (Mississippi)
2000   Mary Jo Haverbeck (Penn State)
1999   Rick Brewer (North Carolina)
1998   Bill Little (Texas)
1997   Dave Cawood (NCAA)
1996   Fred Nuesch (Texas A&M-Kingsville)
1995   Howie Davis (Massachusetts)
1994   John Humenik (Florida)
1993   Tom Price (South Carolina)
1992   Dave Wohlhueter (Cornell)
1991   Haywood Harris (Tennessee)
1990   Steve Boda (NCAA)
1989   Dave Schulthess (Brigham Young)
1988   Marv Homan (Ohio State)
1987   Roger Valdiserri (Notre Dame)
1986   Jim Mott (Wisconsin)
1985   Nick Vista (Michigan State)
1984   Bill Esposito (St. John’s)
1983   Elmore Hudgins (Southeastern Conference)
1982   Jones Ramsey (Texas)
1981   Don Bryant (Nebraska)
1980   Bill Whitmore (Rice)
1979   Marvin Francis (Atlantic Coast Conference/Wake Forest)
1978   Frank Soltys Arizona)
1977   Bob Bradley Clemson)
1976   Bob Hartley Mississippi State)
1975   Bill Callahan Missouri)
1974   Charley Thornton Alabama)
1973   Wilbur Synpp (Ohio State)
1972   Bill Young (Wyoming)
1971   Tom Miller (Indiana)
1970   Baaron Pittenger (Harvard)
1969   Wilbur Evans (Southwest Conference)
1968   Eric Wilson (Iowa)
1967   Bob Culp (Western Michigan)
1966   Ernest Goodman (Howard)
1965   Don Pierce (Kansas)
1964   Ned West (Georgia Tech)
1963   Wiles Hallock (Wyoming)
1962   Fred Stabley Sr. (Michigan State)
1961   Harold Keith (Oklahoma)
1960   Bob Paul (Pennsylvania)
1959   John Cox (Navy)
1958   Lester Jordan (Southern Methodist)